Title Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign
for the Womens Right to Vote Author Dean Robbins Genre Realistic Fiction Recommended Ages 4-8 Description Alice was outraged that women were unable to vote. The story tells about her organizing parades, writing letters and protesting and how President Wilson was persuaded. Activity We will discuss changes in character and talk about how President Wilson changed from the beginning to the end and what they believe caused him to change.
Title Around America to Win the Vote: Two suffragists, a
kitten, and 10,000 miles Author Mara Rockliff Genre Realistic Fiction Recommended Ages 5-9 Description In April 1916, Nell Richardson, Alice Burke and their little kitten set off on a road trip across the country to spread the word about womens right to vote! Activity We will use our large maps and map out their road trip and take notes.
Title Heart on Fire: Susan B. Anthony votes for President
Author Ann Malaspina Genre Realistic Fiction Recommended Ages 5-9 Description This book tells the tale of how Susan B. Anthony broke the law by voting and was then outrageously found guilty and fined $100. It emphasizes how long the struggle took and how fired up the suffragists were. Activity This story lends itself nicely to a mock trial.
Title Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
the Right to Vote Author Tanya Lee Stone Genre Realistic Fiction Recommended Ages 4-8 Description This book brilliantly describes the life of Elizabeth It discusses her motivation and her life in more detail and shines a spotlight on the importance of teamwork. Activity After this story the class would split into groups for various team building activities, i.e. human know, lowering a broomstick to the ground, getting a hula hoop around the circle quickly, building paper structures, etc.
Title Elizabeth Started All the Trouble
Author Doreen Rappaport Genre Realistic Fiction Recommended 5-9 Ages Description This book follows the womens suffrage movement chronologically, emphasizing how long and how many people it took for women to be granted the right to vote. Activity Following this story we would do a tableaux activity, recreating scenes from the timeline.
Title Mary Walker Wears the Pants: The True Story of
Doctor, Reformer, and Civil War Hero Author Cheryl Harness Genre Realistic Fiction Recommended 6-9 Ages Description This book tells the story of the unconventional woman, Mary Walker. She wore pants, she was one of the first women doctors and she was a suffragist. She is also the only woman to receive the medal of honor. Activity I would invite the class to brainstorm some of the conventions or assumptions of women in todays world and wonder why we think that way and if anything needs to change and how we can create change.
Title Ballots for Belva: The True Story of a
Womans Race for the Presidency Author Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen Genre Non-Fiction Recommended 5-10 Ages Description In 1884, before women could even vote, Belva Lockwood bravely ran for president.
Activity Create a comprehensive list of all the
women who have run for president and compare their merits and characteristics.